General
Lever
Inclined Plane
Pulley/Wedge
Wheel and Axle/Screw
100
Using a machine allows us to use ____________ force to move something.
What is less?
100
The object being lifted is the __________.
What is load?
100
Another name for an inclined plane is a ____________.
What is ramp?
100
Here at school, you could see a pulley on a ______________.
What is flagpole?
100
The wheel and axle is made up of two parts: the wheel turns on a post that is called the __________.
What is axle?
200
The word for any type of push or pull. One example is gravity.
What is a force?
200
The push or pull that moves a lever is the ____________.
What is force or effort?
200
If you use an inclined plane, the distance is longer, but it takes less _______________.
What is effort or force?
200
The pulley uses a ____________ and rope to lift a load.
What is grooved wheel?
200
A screw is used to _______________ things together.
What is hold?
300
This is a tool that makes work easier to do.
What is a simple machine?
300
The four parts of a lever are the ____________, _____________, _____________, and __________________.
What is fulcrum, effort, load, and lever arm?
300
This is one special type of inclined plane. The inclined plane is wrapped around a post.
What is a screw?
300
Two inclined planes placed back to back make this simple machine.
What is a wedge?
300
Using a screw takes ______________ force than pounding a nail.
What is less?
400
This is the word used to describe force exerted over a distance.
What is work?
400
The fulcrum is in the middle for this class of lever.
What is a first class lever?
400
The _______________ the inclined plane, the less effort it takes to move the load.
What is longer?
400
In a wedge, force is used to raise an object or _____________ the objects apart.
What is split?
400
In a wheel and axle, the wheel makes a large circular movement, while the axle makes a ____________ movement.
What is smaller?
500
A simple machine is a machine with _________________ moving parts.
What is few or no?
500
A lever can let you change direction of a force or it can change the amount of ______________ needed to lift a load.
What is force?
500
Name three examples of inclined planes.
What are moving ramps, wheel chair ramps, and stairs? (Any other example that qualifies as an inclined plane)
500
A _________________ pulley takes just as much effort to lift the load but you can use your body weight.
What is a fixed pulley?
500
Just like an inclined plane, a screw moves a longer distance, but less ____________ is needed.
What is effort (or force)?
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